A MAN has been charged with the manslaughter of a Flintshire man as the devastated family paid a heartfelt tribute to the victim.

Peter William Jones died after suffering serious head injuries in the early hours of Sunday on Precinct Way, Buckley, following an assault.

Two local men in their 20s were arrested afterwards as police launched a murder probe into the killing of Mr Jones, 24, who lived in Buckley.

Yesterday North Wales Police charged 21-year-old Gafyn Thomas Denman, who is from the Mold area, with manslaughter.

He is due to appear before Mold Magistrates today.

A 22-year-old man from Sychdyn near Mold who was also arrested has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

In an emotional tribute to Mr Jones the family said: “During the early hours of Sunday 9th May 2010 our lives were turned upside down when our son Peter was attacked whilst on a night out with his father in Buckley.

“Peter was immediately admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Countess of Chester hospital and despite the best attempts of the hospital staff he peacefully passed away later that same day.

“Peter was a much loved son of Peter and Christine. He was also a loving brother and uncle.

“He was well known in the local community, and will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him.

“We as a family would now ask for some privacy during this obviously really difficult time.”

His aunt Linda Buxton added: “He was really getting settled in his life, had just got a girlfriend and was going out for a drink with his dad.

“When he was a two year-old boy, Peter had a liver transplant and had fought so hard though it. He was still on medication for it.

“Earlier he had gone out to get some clothes and then later on this happens and our little Peter is gone. He was a lovely lad.”

Meanwhile tributes have flooded in for the 24-year-old, a former Mold Alun High School pupil who was described as a quiet man.

At the scene of the attack near to the Somerfield store, floral tributes had been left by devastated family and friends.